Ask Government to use legal window to exempt miners from new rule
Mining activities by SAIL, Tata Steel, Hindalco, Hindustan Copper and Uranium Corporation in Jharkhand have been almost at a standstill

Penny wise, pound foolish, that's exactly what the state government has done by handing over rare copper and sliver ore rich mines at DokamBaniwala in Sikar district to extract stones and building materials.

Expansion of the Malanjkhand mine, which is the single largest copper deposit of India with nearly 70% of the country's reserves, has already been delayed by about two years
Expansion plans of state-owned

Meet this week to discuss proposal to increase 2013-14 wheat MSP by Rs 100
Riding high on NMDC stake sale garnering Rs 6,000 crore, the Cabinet is expected to discuss on Saturday a proposal to sell 12.5 per cent of its 92.5-per cent stake in state-run Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers Ltd (RCF). Officials said the Cabinet is also expected to discuss a proposal from the agriculture ministry to raise the minimum support price (MSP) of wheat for the 2013-14 crop marketing season, which starts from

Contraction in user-sectors like construction, power and industrial machinery will hurt
The slowdown in various key sectors such as construction, power and industrial machinery, has hit copper consumption.

Monnet Ispat and Jindal Steel have also been shortlisted by the Afghan Govt
Aluminium producer Nalco, in consortium with steel major SAIL and Hindustan Copper, will submit a bid for developing gold and copper deposits in Afghanistan this month, a top company official said on Wednesday. The consortium of Indian PSUs is among the 25 companies/ consortia from the U.S., the U.K., Australia, Canada, the UAE, Turkey and Afghanistan that have been shortlisted by the Afghan Government in April for developing its gold and copper mines.